Server for cigarettes or the like



June 1, 1937. J. R. DAVIDSON SERVER FOR CIGARBTTES QR THE LIKE Filed Jan. 15, 1936 llll llll Ill lblll.

} INVENTOR.

Juuua RALPH DAVIDSON.

ATTORNEY.

Patented June 1, 1937 SERVER FOR. CIGARETTES OR THE Julius Ralph Davidson, Chicago, Ill., assignorto Kensington,

Incorporated, New: K ensington,

Pa., a corporation, of Pe hs lllama Application January 15, 1936, Serial No. 59,242

7 Claims.

This invention relates to containers adapted to be readily opened to permit the serving of the contents thereof, and more particularly it relates provide a cig 10 arette container which is simple in construction and compact. In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is an end view of the container constructed according to my invention;

Fig. 2 is a side view of the same container; and

15 Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the container in a partly open position.

The base ID has suitably attached thereto the guide pin H. A connector I? has holes drilled therein to accommodate the two legs of the guide 25 pin. The guide pin it is of a generally inverted U shape when in position and has a reversely bent portion it in the bight thereof. In the form shown, the base it is provided with beads M. A handle i5 is attached at points adjacent to its 25 ends to the ends of the connector bar, as by screws,

as by screws, as shown.

Each of the container halves preferably is sub- 30 stantially semi-cylindrical in shape, and in the preferred form shown in the drawing has a hat wall it 40 to serve cigarettes from the container, the handle all times, save in the completely closed position, when the flat walls it are in contact with the it provide these bearing surfaces in the form shown. As the han- 50 dle continues upwardly, the connector bar i2 strikes the reversely bent portion l3 of the guide pin I! which is secured to the base, so that the entire container and base may be lifted and carried by the handle, the reversely bent portion 43 35 serving as a stop to limit movement of the parts container. It will be obvious that beyond a convenient open position. It will be obvious that so long as the container is carried by the handle the container halves will remain in Usually, it is preferred to have the server arranged so that the parts will rest in either the open position or the closed position. For this purpose the weight of the container halves and their associated parts is so arranged that its center will lie between the bearing surfaces on the base when the container is closed and beyond the bearing surfaces when the container is open, allowance being made for variation in the weight of the contents of the container. With this arrangement, it is necessary to lift the handle in order to open the container and to apply a slight, finger-tip pressure on the handle to close the either movement will continue automatically after the center of the weight of the container and its associated parts has passed over the bearing surfaces.

However, if it should be desired that the closing of the container should be completely automatic, this may be accomplished by weighting the handle E5, or the connector bar It, or by otherwise balancing the parts so that they tend to move to the closed position. In such an arrangement, the center of weight must be, when the container is 9 open, a distance inward from the bearing surfaces sufiicient to positively overcome the friction between the cylindrical walls is and the bearing surfaces on the base.

Because of its lightness and fabricating properties, I prefer to make the container of aluminum.

Various modifications and adaptations of the structure shown may be adopted Without departing from the scope of the invention except as it is defined in the claims.

I claim:

l. A server comprising a, base, complementary receptacle halves, an upright member secured to said base, a connector bar slidably mounted on said upright member, a handle secured to the ends of the connector bar and pivotally connected to the receptacle halves, and a stop on said upright member to limit relative movement of the parts.

2. A server comprising a base, complementary receptacle halves resting on said base, an upright member secured to said base, a connector bar slidably mounted on said upright member, a handle secured to the ends of the connector bar and halves, and a stop on said upright member limit relative movement of the parts.

3. A server comprising a base, complementary receptacle halves each having an upright member secured to said base, a connector bar slidably mounted on said upright member, a handle secured tothe ends of the connector bar and pivotally connected to the receptacle halves. and a stop on said upright member to limit relative movement 01' the parts.

4. A server comprising a base, complementary receptacle halves each having a cylindrical wall bearing on said base, an upright member secured to said base, a connector bar slidably mounted on said upright cured to the ends of the connector bar and pivotally connected to the receptacle halves, and a stop on said upright member to limit relative movement of the parts.

5. A server comprising a base, complementary receptacle halves each having a cylindrical wall bearing freely on said base, an upright guide member of substantially inverted U-shape secured at its ends to said base, a connector bar slidably mounted on the legs of said U-shaped member, and a handle member secured adjacent its ends to the ends of the connector bar and pivctally secured at its ends to the receptacle pivotally connected to the receptacl:

a cylindrical wall,

member, a handle sehalves, the central shaped member beina the connector bar in the the server.

portion of said inverted U- adapted to bear against fully open position or U-shaped guide member secured an inverted position to the base, bar slidably mounted on the less of said U- shaped guide member, a handle member of substantially inverted U shape secured adjacent its ends to the ends of the connector bar, and complementary receptacle halves pivotally secured to the ends of member and adapted to lie substantially above the ends of the bandle member when the server is in its .closed position.

7. A server comprising a base member, hearing surfaces extending above said base member, a substantially u-shaped guide member secured to the base in an inverted position between the bearing surfaces, a handle of substantially inverted U-shape, a connector bar slidably mounted on said U-shaped guide member, said connector bar being attached to the handle adjacent the ends thereof and extending therebetween, and complementary receptacle halves pivotally secured to the ends of the inverted U- handle.

JULIUS RALPH DAVIDSON. 

